Post on 29-Dec-2015
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How much Calcium does your baby or child need per day?
• 0 to 6 months : 400mg• 6 months to 1 year: 600mg •Children 1-3 years: 500mg • Children 4-8 years: 800mg
Breast Milk or Formulameets your baby's nutritional needs for much of his first year and that includes his calcium requirements.
Infant Nutrition Main Priority:
• to provide an adequate supply of calcium for normal bone mineralization and growth.
RESEARCH SHOWS…• Calcium retention was observed in formulas;
retention levels ranged between 45 and 53 percent. When human milk was used, a significantly higher retention level was measured at 72 percent.
Calcium Maintains Healthy Teeth Calcium Maintains Healthy Teeth • Calcium builds strong teeth
and a strong jaw bone• Research has shown that
children with more cavities at the end of a 5-year study were also those who reported drinking more soft drinks and powdered beverages such as Kool-Aid, most of which are loaded with sugar– Think your drink and choose
milk!
An adolescent may absorb up to 75% of the calcium obtained from foods, while in adults the maximum absorption ranges from 20% to 30%.
According to research a low Calcium intake leads to:
• Osteoporosis • Hypertension• Gum Disease• Colon and rectal Cancer
Osteoporosis • 44 million Americans, or
55% of people 50 years of age and older suffer from Osteoporosis.
• Osteoporosis strikes 1 in 3 women over 50 worldwide (more than breast cancer) and 1 in 5 men (more than prostate cancer).
Hypertension • Hypertension can
occur in both children and adults. It affects about 50 million- or 1 in 4- adult Americans.
• Uncontrolled hypertension increases the risk of coronary heart disease.
Weight Management• According to the
Journal of the American College of Nutrition data suggests that increasing calcium intake by at least 2 dairy servings per day could reduce the risk of overweight substantially.